westermo

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Westermo is a vendor of industrial networking equipment, including managed switches and routers that run the WeOS 5 operating system. Recent discussions on WindowsForum highlight critical security vulnerabilities in WeOS 5, such as CVE-2025-46419, a remote denial-of-service flaw triggered by a crafted ESP packet when IPsec is enabled, and CVE-2025-46418, a high-severity OS command injection vulnerability exploitable via the administrative interface. These issues are documented by both Westermo and CISA, emphasizing the need for OT-IT convergence teams to prioritize patching to WeOS 5.24.0 and apply mitigations to protect critical infrastructure.
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    CISA September 18 ICS Advisories: 9 Cross-Vendor OT Vulnerabilities You Must Patch

    CISA’s September 18 bulletin published nine new Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories that affect a broad cross-section of OT vendors — from industrial networking stacks to remote terminal units, asset-management suites, machine-vision firmware, and industry-specific protocols —...
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    WeOS 5 ESP Vulnerability CVE-2025-46419 - Patch to 5.24.0

    Westermo’s industrial networking OS, WeOS 5, contains a remote-denial vulnerability that can trigger an immediate reboot when the device is configured for IPsec and sent a carefully crafted Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) packet — an issue tracked as CVE‑2025‑46419 and documented by both...
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    Westermo WeOS 5 OS Command Injection (CVE-2025-46418) - Risks & Mitigations

    Westermo’s WeOS 5 series has a newly disclosed high‑severity vulnerability that deserves immediate attention from industrial network operators and Windows network teams responsible for OT‑IT convergence, because it can be used to inject operating‑system commands when an attacker can reach an...
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